Competition is good. But banning the better player is not the way. That would be just feeding crony companies and forcing bad products to consumers with the mask of security.
Now, once you have a world-class industry, complaining about foreign protectionism is also a pretty fantastic way of preventing other countries from developing theirs.
This is an article from '92, but it's quite relevant today.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/12/how-the-...
When you're a second mover, though, protectionism is absolutely necessary. Observe American heavy industry during the 19th century, the two Japanese economic miracles, any of the Asian Tiger economies, German auto firms...
If your goal is to grow a domestic industry against powerful established players, you should absolutely not optimize what is good for consumers.